17 pounder gun
10-30-2010, 09:26 AM
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RE: 17 pounder gun
Here is one source.
[link=http://www.welshdragonmodels.co.uk/tamiya-17-pounder-gun-barrel-for-m4-sherman-116-scale-239-p.asp]17 pounder[/link]
If you just want one 17 pounder MB, PM me. I cast my own and can get you one.
Dan
[link=http://www.welshdragonmodels.co.uk/tamiya-17-pounder-gun-barrel-for-m4-sherman-116-scale-239-p.asp]17 pounder[/link]
If you just want one 17 pounder MB, PM me. I cast my own and can get you one.
Dan
10-30-2010, 10:01 AM
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RE: 17 pounder gun
Hi Dan Thanks for the fast response.
I'm making another Isreali Sherman and wanted to do an early M-51 on an M-4A3 chassis. Got the Tammy Sherman upper hull, converted to V-8 deck on a Mato Sherman and a Tammy Pershing gun and MB to make the D-1000 gun... but now I find that the prototype M-51 was on the A1 chassis....eeeccchhh!!! Only way to go now is to make another CN-75-50 gun and do an M-50, but at least I'll have one off an M-4A3. At least I'll have a D-1000 gun with MB if I decide on another M-51.
The 17 lb'er is the eay way to go, as I just have to flatten the MB and add the wide baffles. Do you make the MB with the gun or do I have to scratch make one, and how much is a gun? Here's my two M-50s.
Bill
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I'm making another Isreali Sherman and wanted to do an early M-51 on an M-4A3 chassis. Got the Tammy Sherman upper hull, converted to V-8 deck on a Mato Sherman and a Tammy Pershing gun and MB to make the D-1000 gun... but now I find that the prototype M-51 was on the A1 chassis....eeeccchhh!!! Only way to go now is to make another CN-75-50 gun and do an M-50, but at least I'll have one off an M-4A3. At least I'll have a D-1000 gun with MB if I decide on another M-51.
The 17 lb'er is the eay way to go, as I just have to flatten the MB and add the wide baffles. Do you make the MB with the gun or do I have to scratch make one, and how much is a gun? Here's my two M-50s.
Bill
[email protected]
10-30-2010, 10:55 AM
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RE: 17 pounder gun
The Muzzle brakes are cast resin, or metal, your choice. Resin would be easer to work with if you are flattening them and modifiying them. I do not machine the barrels. I use brass tube , and then build a taper with masking tape. I upsize the barrel side that goes in through the mantlet with a slightly larger piece of brass tubing. When wrapping the tape around the bbl you use the larger diameter mantlet piece as a guide to know how much to taper to apply. This then gets covered with spot auto putty. When dry, I chuck it in my drill and sand it all smooth. Very cost effective. You also have a brass surface where the gun tube slips through the mantlet resulting in the durablity you need for recoil.
I need a break from all that slat armor I am doing. Maybe I can do a quick tutorial this weekend on making a firefly bbl.
Carving pumpkins with my young adult daughters today, prior to them going out, so it might not be today though.
Dan
I need a break from all that slat armor I am doing. Maybe I can do a quick tutorial this weekend on making a firefly bbl.
Carving pumpkins with my young adult daughters today, prior to them going out, so it might not be today though.
Dan
